Summary

For a limited time MaineHealth is offering up to $10,000 Sign on bonus for all eligible Social Workers!

• Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part time Social Worker position. Bonus amount prorated for Part time hires, per diem hires are ineligible.
• Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 3 months separation from employment.

~ 20 Hours/week, Part-time, Day shift ~

Hybrid / Work From Home Flexibility

Maine state licensure to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Masters Social Worker - Clinical Conditional (LMSW-CC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - Conditional license (LCPC-C) is required

Maine Behavioral Healthcare is seeking a Social Worker/Clinical Counselor to join the multidisciplinary team of our Developmental Disorders Program to serve the specialized inpatient unit and the DD partial hospital program. This unique and growing program, one of only a few in the country, provides expert inpatient and partial hospital psychiatric and behavioral treatment to children and adolescents (5 - 20 years old) with developmental disorders. Approximately 75% of our patients have Autism Spectrum Disorder and many patients have intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities. The psychiatric disorders we typically address include mood disorders, anxiety disorders such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and thought disorders.

Our program is nationally recognized and our treatment team includes a child psychiatrist, behavioral psychologist, behavior analyst, psychiatric nurses, social workers, behavioral technicians, a speech pathologist, occupational therapists, and special education professionals. Working as a team, these professionals provide an array of therapies, healthcare, and education to patients and their families that are grounded in the values of dignity, respect, compassion, and excellence. The hospital DD Program consists of three components-a 12-bed acute in-patient unit, a licensed private, special-purpose school, and a new partial hospital program. We have an exciting learning environment that includes DD case conferences, team discussions and topic presentations, and clinical research.

The work includes developing patients' plans for after-care; facilitating network meetings of patients' providers; providing family therapy and psycho-education; and when appropriate working with patients to address social or emotional needs. Family involvement during the hospitalization is key to the patient's success upon discharge.

Responsibilities of the Social Worker/Clinical Counselor include:

• The evaluation of psychosocial needs of patients/clients and their families, and provision of diagnostic/preventive and treatment services including individual, family, and group therapy.
• Provide complex discharge planning, coordinates aftercare services, and makes referrals for other community services based on the treatment plan.
• Works in collaboration with other health/mental health professionals and provides consultation to the treatment team regarding patient/family social and environmental needs.
• Work is performed under general supervision in accordance with institutional and social work/clinical counselor policies.
• May supervise other social workers/clinical counselors, students, or other staff.

Spring Harbor offers social workers and clinical counselors a career ladder to recognize and reward increasing levels of clinical expertise, commitment to safe patient and family care, and quality patient outcomes. The focus of the clinical ladder opportunities are to promote professional development, maximize formal advancement opportunities, and create an environment that promotes a high level of quality patient and family care.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

1. Education: Master's degree in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
2. License/Certifications: Maine state licensure to practice as a LCSW, LMSW-CC, LCPC, or LCPC-c is required. Licensure by the Maine State Board of Social Worker Licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred. Licensure by the Maine Board of Counseling Professionals. Certification by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work preferred.
3. Experience: 2+ years of work experience in a health or mental health setting preferred.
4. Knowledge of social work theories, therapies and techniques, as used in individual, family and group treatment, as well principles of social welfare
5. Able to teach basic social work principles and applications to the medical setting
6. Proficiency in psychosocial assessment and treatment and considerable knowledge of community resources and agencies and how to use them in resolving complex problems related to health, illness and disability
7. Membership in Academy of Certified Social Workers preferred

Additional Information

With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you'll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them - both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.

We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow - programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.

MaineHealth remains focused on investing in our care team and developing an inclusive environment where you can thrive and feel supported to realize your full potential. If you're looking to build a career in a place where people help one another deliver best-in-class care, apply today.